Verizon Communications Inc.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. $40 is a buy. The telecom provider (New York symbol VZ; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector, Shares outstanding: 4.2 billion; Market cap: $168.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 6.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.verizon.com) added 568,000 wireless phone subscribers under long-term contracts (net of cancellations) in the fourth quarter of 2024, up 26.5% from 449,000 a year earlier....

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TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $18 is still a buy. Canada’s largest commercial printing company (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Cyclical-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 86.6 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) last raised your dividend with the April 2020 payment....

Dividend-paying companies have done well over the longer term, although the recent performance of this group lagged the main market indexes. That’s because higher interest rates on fixed-income investments made their dividends less attractive to income investors....

This U.S. telecom giant recently agreed to acquire a leading provider of high-speed Internet services. That will let it bundle more services with its wireless plans and attract more users in a highly competitive market. Those new customers will also let the company keep raising your dividend, as it has each year for the past 18 years.


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FORTIS INC., $60.33, Toronto symbol FTS, is a buy.

The company is the main supplier of electrical power in Newfoundland and PEI. Fortis also owns electrical utilities across Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean. In addition, the company distributes natural gas in British Columbia, Arizona and New York State.

Fortis is now raising your quarterly dividend by 4.2%....

Verizon stock pays you 6.0% right now while trading relatively cheaply as it continues to grow revenues and maintain its strong market position.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., $44.43, New York symbol VZ, is a buy.

The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T, with 114.2 million consumer cellphone subscribers. It also sells traditional telephone lines, high-speed Internet and TV services.

With the November 2024 payment, Verizon will raise your quarterly dividend by 1.9%, to $0.6775 a share from $0.655....

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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., $41.15, New York symbol VZ, is a buy.

The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T, with 114.2 million consumer cellphone subscribers. It also sells traditional telephone lines, high-speed Internet and TV services.

This week, the company agreed to acquire Frontier Communications Parent Inc....